Blaming The Victims

Since the 1948 war which drove them from their heartland, the Palestinian people have consistently been denied the most basic democratic rights. Blaming the Victims shows how the historical fate of the Palestinians has been justified by spurious academic attempts to dismiss their claim to a home within the boundaries of historical Palestine and even to deny their very existence.Beginning with a thorough expose of the fraudulent assertions of Joan Peters concerning the indigenous inhabitants of Palestine prior to 1948, the book then turns to similar instances in Middle East research where the truth about the Palestinians has been systematically suppressed: from the bogus-though still widely believed-explanations of why so many Palestinians fled their homes in 1948, to today's distorted propaganda about PLO terrorism. The volume also includes sharp critiques of the wide consensus in the USA which supports Israel and its territorial ambitions while maintaining total silence about the competing reality of the Palestinians.

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Edward W. Said and Christopher Hitchens

Product details

• Authors: C Hitchens, E Said
• Assisted by: Christopher Hitchens (Editor), Edward W Said (Editor), Edward W. Said (Editor)
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2004
• EAN: 9781859843406
• ISBN: 978-1-85984-340-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 215 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Israel, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, International Relations, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Middle Eastern history, Palestine, Armed Conflict, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General